The Making Of a " Intel Inside" in Ultrabook

The list of no-nos for the thinnest ultrabooks is lengthy, according to an "engineering estimate" published by Intel recently.Ultrabooks have been the brainchild of Intel , which has seen its  "Processor "that used to make laptops, Netops and Desktops, slowly gets replaced by "Tablets"

According to CNet ,The specs for the thinnest of the thin laptops (15mm, 0.6 inch) shake out this way: no to the VGA port, "slim" 2.5-inch drives (7mm) are out, 18650/16650 batteries won't cut it, soDIMM memory, negative. And no "standard thermal solutions." (See charts below.)

Intel is more forgiving for 18mm (0.7-inch) and 21mm (0.82-inch) ultrabooks. (The latter 21mm category, for all intents and purposes, is not really an ultrabook but just a thin laptop.)

 

In the charts above, red means the component will not fit in the "stack-up," according to Intel. Yellow means "may not fit...without other trade-offs or customization." And green means that the component will fit. (Note that GFRP in the top chart stands for "graphite fiber-reinforced plastic."

Intel requires manufacturers to meet certain specifications in order to market a laptop as an Ultrabook. These requirements change with each release of Intel's mobile platform.

Platform	Huron River	Chief River	Shark Bay
Release date	October 2011	June 2012 (expected)	2013 (expected)
Processor	Sandy Bridge Microarchitecture Intel Core models CULV (17 W TDP)	Ivy Bridge microarchitecture Intel Core models CULV  (17 W TDP)	Haswell microarchitecture SoC  (15 W TDP)
Height (maximum)	18 mm for 13.3" and smaller displays 21 mm for 14.0" and larger displays[18]	18 mm for 13.3" and smaller displays 21 mm for 14.0" and larger displays[18] 23 mm for convertible tablets
Battery life (minimum)	5 hours	5 hours
Resume from hibernation (maximum)	7 seconds from S4	7 seconds from S4
Storage	no requirements	80 MB/s transfer rate (minimum) 16 GB capacity (minimum)
Ports	no requirements	USB 3.0
Software and firmware	Intel Management Engine 7.1 (or higher) Intel Anti-Theft Technology Intel Identity Protection Technology	Intel Management Engine 8.0 (or higher) Intel Anti-Theft Technology Intel Identity Protection Technology